What makes an authentic, high quality virtual staging?
Virtual staging is a relatively new technology and there are still quite a few people out there that do not even know about it. We thought it would be helpful to offer some tips on what to look out for when choosing a virtual home stager.
Things to avoid:
1. The “cartoon affect” – You may have seen it before and with the recent advancement in technology there is no need for it. The “cartoon affect” is when a virtual staging looks like someone drew in the furniture and it does not even look real.
2. The “spot light affect” – A top quality virtual stagger should be able to match the lighting of the furniture to the lighting of the picture. A piece of furniture should not appear very bright as if spot lights are on it. This creates an unnatural look and takes away from the room by drawing attention to the furniture.
3. Shadowing – Just as in real life, even the smallest amount of light in a room will cause furniture to cast a shadow. Virtual furniture should also have a shadow.
4. Rigid furniture – Furniture should not appear rigid or choppy or have an outline around it.
5. Unethical altering - We have seen some companies that offer to “give it a new paint job, new doors, windows and beautiful landscaping.” If a virtual staging company is changing the views from a window or fixing structural damage it is likely that they will earn a bad reputation among buyers. Buyers do not like to feel deceived, if a house has serious structural problems and a seller tries to hide that from the buyer the buyer will not be happy. This can hurt your effort in selling your home and you should always work with a reputable staging company that has a clearly written code of conduct and can provide you with an authentication seal to vouch for your honesty and integrity.
6. Websites that steal – I think we can all agree that stealing is just flat out wrong. If you see a website stealing someone’s samples or copy then they most likely don’t have anything of value to offer and can not produce the same quality of work. It’s also likely they will only take your money and not give you anything in return.
Virtual Staging Solutions is the most highly respected company in the world for virtual staging and we stand by our quality of work, ethics code and 100% money back guarantee.However, if you do decide to shop around for virtual staging we hope these tips will be helpful to you. In fact, we encourage you to shop around – we guarantee you wont see the same value and level of quality that we offer.
Your service is amazing!!! I was just looking on-line at a home my husband and I considered purchasing several months back but chose another house instead. I AMAZED by the pictures! I really thought the house had been actually staged.
We’ve had one of our homes staged by a very talented friend and it sold the week after it was staged…and it had been on the market for six months unstaged. The cost wasn’t cheap. What a great option this is. And, you tell folks where to even buy the furniture. I’m 100% impressed.
Best of luck with your company.
Denise Billings
Tennessee
Denise,
Thanks for the kind words! We love hearing stories like this.
Best of luck,
Bryan
HI,
haven’t looked around yet…just wondering, do you do landscapes too? Ann
Hi Ann, we do not do landscapes and generally don’t recommend it. Landscape is often considered to be a structural element that buyers expect to be sold with the home. Best of luck!
Where do you find all the furniture?
We have partnerships with furniture companies such as Ashley Furniture. It’s taken us about 2 years to build the furniture database that we have now and it is still growing.